LowStandards - Mini Mountain Goat - RRG24 Toilet Transport

If you want to do a lever for the brake, you might get a bike calliper over that disc. Halfords do a pretty cheap lever/calliper combo pack but I bet there’s cheaper no brand Chinese ones on eBay. Mini moto throttle twist grip might even be the same diameter as bike bars (22.2mm?).

4-way tiller would be pretty dangerous hilarious. Forwards for go, backwards for stop, left and right for, uh, left and right

Quick half hour lunch


Made a tiller, still haven't decided if i'll steer left or right handed as I still havn't decided on the throttle or brake




I'm leaning towards a thumb throttle on the tiller and a pull lever for the brakes


Welded up the rear, just a bit of flat bar to make up the shape and mounted the engine in place




There's a slight weight distribution issue , i'll fix this by leaning forward when I want to steer, because wheelies are hella fun. Or maybe a basket out the front full of beer




I'll have to make up a wheelie bar on the engine mount as the oil drain on these engines sticks out the back and would get damaged

It does at the minute, but I fear I may need to add stops as a 90 degree wheel would stop the thing dead



Maybe that could be the brake

Decided on right hand steer, it's my strongest grip - i've been training for years


Lets look at the brake lever / throttle


Many ideas have ran through my head, but the easiest and most comfortable is a left hand lever you pull back for the brake. I also happened to have a nice vintage twist throttle from an old moped, so that's what i've gone with.




Nice and simple, just a bit of 10mm round bar through a couple of plates. I'll add a cam to this bar which will pull on the brake caliper




I've cut the base for the seat, I need to make up a back rest as well.

I've ordered some foam and vinyl fabric, so I can get the seats made up of an evening







There's a plasma cut clutch cover being made as well, as I don't like how modern it looks


And i'm looking for an early peanut tank which bolts to the top of the engine, annoyingly you can buy the whole mowers for about £20, but people want silly money for parts, so hopefully I can find one reasonable. I've got an ally pullstart off the earlier engine to fit as well


Pic for reference of the tank and pullstart

More plates cuts

Clutch cover, rear seat mounts (adjustable) and 2 jackshaft mounts




The jackshaft mounts and clutch cover come together like so and hold the bearings




They got welded in here, which is an awful picture. I've also just realised i've not knocked any of the slag off the welds in these pictures. Don't get me wrong, i'm still re-learning Arc, but it's not as bad as they currently look




And the clutch cover got a band rolled and welded in. The text has worked out so much better using a single line font

I ordered the mechanical ones from eBay - they're Mini Moto ones, pretty decent by the looks of things


Cheers

Nice
I was lucky, travelled all the way to Newark Jumble and bought Two Baja Doodle Bugs from a bloke who lives near me!
Just fitted a 212cc 7HP engine in one in place of the 97cc original.
Hoping to finish it in a few weeks.
Thinking of making the other Electric so any ideas let me know
I assume you have seen this?

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